steel prices: Tokyo Steel to raise product prices by up to 3% for May, Auto News, ET Auto

2022-08-21 16:48:48 By : Ms. Merity Tan

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For May, prices for all products will go up by 3,000 yen ($24) a tonne, with hot-dip galvanized coils climbing by 2% to 152,000 yen ($1,201) a tonne and steel bars, including rebar, rising by 3% to 102,000 yen. Prices of H beams will increase by 2.5% to 124,000 yen a tonne.

Procuring steel has also become difficult. This is expected to have a major impact on the infrastructure sector as it uses the equipment. Shortage of construction equipment can slow down infrastructure work, said VG Sakthi Kumar, managing director of Schwing Stetter (India) Private Limited.

Demand in China, which accounts for about half of global steel consumption, is now expected to remain flat this year, the association said.

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